What do Tim Duncan, Shaquille O’Neal, Ben Wallace, and Kevin Garnett have in common? Each of the aforementioned giants has assumed the role of interior defensive enforcer at some point in his career. Anything else? No team since Michael Jordan’s Bulls has won a championship without employing one of these four players. […]

‘John & Coach Jeff’ (Kent Horner - NBAE/Getty Images)
There are plenty of reasons you may have loved him as a player. Excellent shooter, smart player, good teammate, down to earth. Maybe you liked him because he looked like the average guy (the average guy who happens to be 6’4”) or maybe it was the secret […]

 
‘Star Power’ (Andrew Bernstein - NBAE/Getty Images)

Are you still fired up from yesterday’s win?  We are all tied up and heading back to LA.  I have wondered this entire series how LA will deal with adversity.  They are newly formed and have never been hit with any bumps in the road.  The win yesterday gave […]

The Utah Jazz captured games 3 and 4 to change the series to a best of 3. Game 4 will be remembered for a number of reasons that include: Turiaf’s ejection after a hard foul on Ronnie Price, Deron’s alley oop’s to Ronnie Brewer, Fisher not going away, Kobe’s back injury and one of […]

‘Called Out?’ (Melissa Majchrzak - NBAE/Getty Images)
Two coaches I’d consider WINNERS are The Spur’s“Pops” and our very own Jerry Sloan. They are both stand up guys, with no excuses. They give credit to the other teams and don’t whine when they lose. They frequently, and sincerely, take the blame themselves.
I haven’t seen many interviews with […]

‘Props to Sir Charles’ (Associated Press)
Call it love or call it respect as long as you’ve called for it, craved it, or wondered were it was. Come on national media where is our positive recognition? Where is that pat on the back? That’s all we really want. A higher “Power Ranking.” Another game on TNT. […]

I don’t really have much of anything new to write today.  I’m just enjoying basking in the praise being afforded the Jazz by the national media as of late.  All of us Jazz fans have known for a long time of just how good this team is, despite the month of DECEMBER.  It finally feels […]

‘Jerry in 89′ (Andrew D. Bernstein - NBAE/Getty Images)
Looking towards the future is something that is often forbidding, but at the same time encouraging. I am twenty years old. Twenty years ago, the New York Giants won another Superbowl XXI, President Reagan signed a missile reduction agreement with Gorbachev, “Walk Like an Egyptian” was […]

Picture a huge stuffed couch, one of the wrap around ones with plenty of room for everyone to sit AND put their feet up. A warm, toasty fire in the fireplace . . . a REAL fire that crackles and pops occasionally and has just a slight ‘outdoorsy smoky smell’ . A large screen TV, […]

(NBAE/Getty Images)
Look at the players above. None of these guys are superstars. Yet, over the last couple of weeks they were hot commodities for teams in the NBA. They were all released by their bottom-feeder teams and re-signed by contenders. I think this is a awful loophole David Stern has allowed […]